pintar

See also: Pintar

Aragonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pinctāre.

Verb

pintar

1. (transitive) to paint

Conjugation

Conjugation of pintar (first conjugation)

infinitive			pintar
gerund			pintando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pintau, pintato		pintada, pintata
		plural		pintaus, pintatos		pintadas, pintatas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	pinto	pintas	pinta	pintamos	pintaz	pintan
	imperfect	pintaba, pintabe	pintabas	pintaba	pintabanos	pintabaz	pintaban
	preterite	pinté	pintés	pintó	pintemos	pintez	pintoron, pintón
	future	pintaré	pintarás	pintará	pintaremos	pintarez	pintarán
	conditional	pintaría	pintarías	pintaría	pintaríanos	pintaríaz	pintarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	pinte	pintes	pinte	pintemos	pintez	pinten
	imperfect	pintase	pintases	pintase	pintasenos	pintasez	pintasen
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vusatros vusatras	—
		—	pinta	—	—	pintaz	—

References

• “pintar”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)
• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “pintar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative from Latin pingere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pinˈtaɾ/ [pĩn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pin‧tar

Verb

pintar (first-person singular indicative present pinto, past participle pintáu)

1. to paint
2. to draw
3. for something to be, end up being or turn out good or bad

   Pintó bien la to presencia.

   Your presence ended up being good.

4. to be good (something for someone), to suit well

   Pintóte la folgancia .

   Rest was good for you.

5. to there be the right circumstances for something

   Si pinta voi pa Les Arriondes güe.

6. (of a stallion or of a bull) to produce good offspring
7. to have to do somewhere

   Nun pintes nada con ellos.

   You have no business with them.

   ¿Qué pinta naquella empresas?

   What does he [even] do in that company?

8. to happen by pure chance, to happen to

   Pintó que lu atopé allí.

   I happened to find him there.

9. to seem, look like (something is going to happen)

   Pinta que va llover.

   It looks like rain.

10. to interpret, make it seem

    Tu pínteslo too mui guapo.

    You make it all seem beautiful.

11. to appear (when no one was expecting)
12. (card games) to win (a certain card)

Conjugation

Conjugation of pintar

infinitive		pintar
gerund		pintando
past participle		m pintáu, f pintada, n pintao, m pl pintaos, f pl pintaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	pinto	pintes	pinta	pintamos	pintáis	pinten
	imperfect	pintaba	pintabes	pintaba	pintábemos, pintábamos	pintabeis, pintabais	pintaben
	preterite	pinté	pintasti, pintesti	pintó	pintemos	pintastis, pintestis	pintaron
	pluperfect	pintare, pintara	pintares, pintaras	pintare, pintara	pintáremos, pintáramos	pintareis, pintarais	pintaren, pintaran
	future	pintaré	pintarás	pintará	pintaremos	pintaréis	pintarán
	conditional	pintaría	pintaríes	pintaría	pintaríemos, pintaríamos	pintaríeis, pintaríais	pintaríen
subjunctive	present	pinte	pintes, pintas	pinte	pintemos	pintéis	pinten, pintan
	imperfect	pintare, pintara	pintares, pintaras	pintare, pintara	pintáremos, pintáramos	pintareis, pintarais	pintaren, pintaran
imperative		—	pinta	—	—	pintái	—

Derived terms

• a lo que pinta
• ser como Dios pintó a Perico

Related terms

• pintor
• pintura

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “pintar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
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Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan pintar, from Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative from Latin pingere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pinˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pinˈtaɾ]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

Verb

pintar (first-person singular present pinto, first-person singular preterite pintí, past participle pintat)

1. to paint

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pintar (first conjugation)

infinitive			pintar
gerund			pintant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pintat		pintada
		plural		pintats		pintades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pinto	pintes	pinta	pintem	pinteu	pinten
	imperfect	pintava	pintaves	pintava	pintàvem	pintàveu	pintaven
	future	pintaré	pintaràs	pintarà	pintarem	pintareu	pintaran
	preterite	pintí	pintares	pintà	pintàrem	pintàreu	pintaren
	conditional	pintaria	pintaries	pintaria	pintaríem	pintaríeu	pintarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pinti	pintis	pinti	pintem	pinteu	pintin
	imperfect	pintés	pintessis	pintés	pintéssim	pintéssiu	pintessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	pinta	pinti	pintem	pinteu	pintin
	negative (no)	—	no pintis	no pinti	no pintem	no pinteu	no pintin

Derived terms

• pintallavis
• pintaungles

Related terms

• pintor
• pintura

References

• “pintar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “pintar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Cimbrian

Noun

pintar m

1. policeman

References

• Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pintar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative from Latin pingere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pinˈtaɾ/

Verb

pintar (first-person singular present pinto, first-person singular preterite pintei, past participle pintado)

1. to paint
2. to be coloured
3. to seem, appear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pintar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pintar
Personal	pintar	pintares	pintar	pintarmos	pintardes	pintaren
Gerund
	pintando
Past participle
Masculine	pintado			pintados
Feminine	pintada			pintadas
Indicative
Present	pinto	pintas	pinta	pintamos	pintades	pintan
Imperfect	pintaba	pintabas	pintaba	pintabamos	pintabades	pintaban
Preterite	pintei	pintaches	pintou	pintamos	pintastes	pintaron
Pluperfect	pintara	pintaras	pintara	pintaramos	pintarades	pintaran
Future	pintarei	pintarás	pintará	pintaremos	pintaredes	pintarán
Conditional	pintaría	pintarías	pintaría	pintariamos	pintariades	pintarían
Subjunctive
Present	pinte	pintes	pinte	pintemos	pintedes	pinten
Imperfect	pintase	pintases	pintase	pintásemos	pintásedes	pintasen
Future	pintar	pintares	pintar	pintarmos	pintardes	pintaren
Imperative
Affirmative		pinta	pinte	pintemos	pintade	pinten
Negative (non)		non pintes	non pinte	non pintemos	non pintedes	non pinten

    Reintegrated conjugation of pintar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pintar
Personal	pintar	pintares	pintar	pintarmos	pintardes	pintarem
Gerund
	pintando
Past participle
Masculine	pintado			pintados
Feminine	pintada			pintadas
Indicative
Present	pinto	pintas	pinta	pintamos	pintades, pintais	pintam
Imperfect	pintava	pintavas	pintava	pintávamos	pintávades, pintáveis, pintávais1	pintavam
Preterite	pintei	pintaste, pintache1	pintou	pintamos	pintastes	pintárom, pintaram
Pluperfect	pintara	pintaras	pintara	pintáramos	pintárades, pintáreis, pintárais1	pintaram
Future	pintarei	pintarás	pintará	pintaremos	pintaredes, pintareis	pintarám, pintarão
Conditional	pintaria	pintarias	pintaria	pintaríamos	pintaríades, pintaríeis, pintaríais1	pintariam
Subjunctive
Present	pinte	pintes	pinte	pintemos	pintedes, pinteis	pintem
Imperfect	pintasse	pintasses	pintasse	pintássemos	pintássedes, pintásseis	pintassem
Future	pintar	pintares	pintar	pintarmos	pintardes	pintarem
Imperative
Affirmative		pinta	pinte	pintemos	pintade, pintai	pintem
Negative (nom)		nom pintes	nom pinte	nom pintemos	nom pintedes, nom pinteis	nom pintem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• pintor
• pintura

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “pintar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “pintar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pintar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “pintar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pintar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “pintar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pintar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay pintar, from Javanese ꦥꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦂ (pinter, “clever”), probably ultimately Proto-Mon-Khmer [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpintar/ [ˈpin̪.t̪ar]
• Rhymes: -intar
• Syllabification: pin‧tar

Adjective

pintar (comparative lebih pintar, superlative paling pintar or terpintar, equative sepintar)

1. smart

   Synonym: pandai

Derived terms

• kepintaran
• pintarkan

Further reading

• “pintar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From Javanese ꦥꦶꦤ꧀ꦠꦼꦂ (pinter, “clever”), either directly or via Betawi pinter, probably ultimately Proto-Mon-Khmer [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pin‧tar
• Rhymes: -intar, -ar

Adjective

pintar (Jawi spelling ڤينتر, comparative lebih pintar, superlative paling pintar)

1. smart, genius

   Antonyms: bodoh, dungu

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• kepintaran (“intelligence”) [passive + timespan / emotion] (ke- + -an)

Further reading

• “pintar”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan pintar, from Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative from Latin pingere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pinˈta]

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

pintar

1. to paint (apply paint to)
2. (reflexive, se pintar) to get drunk

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		pintar			aver pintat
gerund		pintant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pintat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pinti	pintas	pinta	pintam	pintatz	pintan
	imperfect	pintavi	pintavas	pintava	pintàvem	pintàvetz	pintavan
	preterite	pintèri	pintères	pintèt	pintèrem	pintèretz	pintèron
	future	pintarai	pintaràs	pintarà	pintarem	pintaretz	pintaràn
	conditional	pintariái	pintariás	pintariá	pintariam	pintariatz	pintarián
	conditional 2nd form1	pintèra	pintèras	pintèra	pinteram	pinteratz	pintèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pinte	pintes	pinte	pintem	pintetz	pinten
	imperfect	pintèssi	pintèsses	pintèsse	pintèssem	pintèssetz	pintèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pinta		pintem	pintatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		pintar			aver pintat
gerund		pintant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pintat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pinte	pintes	pinta	pintam	pintatz	pinton
	imperfect	pintave	pintaves	pintava	pintaviam	pintaviatz	pintavon
	preterite	pintere	pinteres	pintet	pintem	pintetz	pinteron
	future	pintarai	pintaràs	pintará	pintarem	pintaretz	pintarán
	conditional	pintariá	pintariás	pintariá	pintariam	pintariatz	pintarián
	conditional 2nd form1	pintèra	pintèras	pintèra	pinteram	pinteratz	pintèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pinte	pintes	pinte	pintassiam	pintassiatz	pinton
	imperfect	pintesse	pintesses	pintesse	pintessiam	pintessiatz	pintesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pinta		pintassiam	pintatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		pintar			aver pintat
gerund		pintant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pintat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pinti	pintas	pinta	pintam	pintatz	pintan
	imperfect	pintavi	pintavas	pintava	pintàvam	pintàvatz	pintavan
	preterite	pintèi	pintès	pintè	pintèm	pintètz	pintèn
	future	pintarèi	pintaràs	pintarà	pintaram	pintaratz	pintaràn
	conditional	pintarí	pintarés	pintaré	pintarem	pintaretz	pintarén
	conditional 2nd form1	pintèra	pintèras	pintèra	pinteram	pinteratz	pintèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pinti	pintes	pinte	pintem	pintetz	pinten
	imperfect	pintèssi	pintèsses	pintèsse	pintèssem	pintèssetz	pintèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pinta		pintem	pintatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		pintar			aver pintat
gerund		pintant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pintat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pinte	pintas	pinta	pintam	pintatz	pintan
	imperfect	pintava	pintavas	pintava	pintàvam	pintàvatz	pintavan
	preterite	pintei	pinteras	pintet	pintèram	pintèratz	pinteran
	future	pintarai	pintaràs	pintará	pintarem	pintaretz	pintarán
	conditional	pintariá	pintariàs	pintariá	pintariam	pintariatz	pintarián
	conditional 2nd form1	pintèra	pintèras	pintèra	pinteram	pinteratz	pintèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pinte	pintes	pinte	pintem	pintetz	pinten
	imperfect	pintèsse	pintèsses	pintèsse	pintèssem	pintèssetz	pintèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pinta		pintem	pintatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		pintar			aver pintat
gerund		pintant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pintat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pinte	pintes	pinta	pintam	pintatz	pintan
	imperfect	pintavi	pintavas	pintava	pintàvem	pintàvetz	pintavan
	preterite	pintère	pintères	pintèt	pinteriam	pinteriatz	pintèron
	future	pintarai	pintaràs	pintarà	pintarem	pintaretz	pintaràn
	conditional	pintariáu	pintariás	pintariá	pintariam	pintariatz	pintarián
	conditional 2nd form1	pintèra	pintèras	pintèra	pinteram	pinteratz	pintèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pinte	pintes	pinte	pintem	pintetz	pintan
	imperfect	pintèsse	pintèsses	pintèsse	pintessiam	pintessiatz	pintèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pinta		pintem	pintatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• pénher
• pintor
• pintura

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pintar, from Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative from Latin pingere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pĩˈta(ʁ)/ [pĩˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pĩˈta(ʁ)/ [pĩˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pĩˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pĩˈta(ʁ)/ [pĩˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pĩˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pĩˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pĩˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pĩˈta.ɾi/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pin‧tar

Verb

pintar (first-person singular present pinto, first-person singular preterite pintei, past participle pintado)

1. (transitive) to paint (apply paint to)
2. (intransitive) to paint (to practise the art of painting pictures)
3. (transitive, chiefly of hair) to dye

   Synonym: tingir

4. (transitive) to color (to give something color)

   Synonym: colorir

5. (intransitive) to color (to take on color)
6. (transitive) to makeup

   Synonym: maquilhar

7. (transitive) to describe in detail
8. (Brazil, colloquial, transitive) to appear, to happen, to come up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pintar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pintar
Personal	pintar	pintares	pintar	pintarmos	pintardes	pintarem
Gerund
	pintando
Past participle
Masculine	pintado			pintados
Feminine	pintada			pintadas
Indicative
Present	pinto	pintas	pinta	pintamos	pintais	pintam
Imperfect	pintava	pintavas	pintava	pintávamos	pintáveis	pintavam
Preterite	pintei	pintaste	pintou	pintamos1, pintámos2	pintastes	pintaram
Pluperfect	pintara	pintaras	pintara	pintáramos	pintáreis	pintaram
Future	pintarei	pintarás	pintará	pintaremos	pintareis	pintarão
Conditional	pintaria	pintarias	pintaria	pintaríamos	pintaríeis	pintariam
Subjunctive
Present	pinte	pintes	pinte	pintemos	pinteis	pintem
Imperfect	pintasse	pintasses	pintasse	pintássemos	pintásseis	pintassem
Future	pintar	pintares	pintar	pintarmos	pintardes	pintarem
Imperative
Affirmative		pinta	pinte	pintemos	pintai	pintem
Negative (não)		não pintes	não pinte	não pintemos	não pinteis	não pintem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pintar.

Derived terms

• pinta
• pinta-monos
• pintado
• pintão
• pintar a manta
• pintar e bordar
• pintar o sete
• pintar um clima
• pintável

Related terms

• pintor
• pintura

Further reading

• “pintar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “pintar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “pintar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Binder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǐntaːr/
• Hyphenation: pin‧tar

Noun

pìntār m anim (Cyrillic spelling пѝнта̄р)

1. (regional) cooper

Declension

Declension of pintar

	singular	plural
nominative	pintar	pintari
genitive	pintara	pintara
dative	pintaru	pintarima
accusative	pintara	pintare
vocative	pintaru	pintari
locative	pintaru	pintarima
instrumental	pintarom	pintarima

References

• “pintar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pinctāre < *pictāre, frequentative from Latin pingere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pinˈtaɾ/ [pĩn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pin‧tar

Verb

pintar (first-person singular present pinto, first-person singular preterite pinté, past participle pintado)

1. (transitive) to paint (to apply paint to)
2. (transitive, intransitive) to paint (to create an image with paints)
3. (transitive) to draw (to depict with lines)

   Synonym: dibujar

4. (transitive) to depict, portray (as something)

   Ellas me pintaron como el malo.

   They painted me as the villain.

5. (intransitive, of a situation) to look, to seem

   La cosa no pinta bien.

   Things aren't looking good.

6. (colloquial, chiefly in the negative) to have to do somewhere

   Yo aquí no pinto nada.

   I don't fit in here at all.

   • 2021 December 7, Silvia Ayuso, “La violencia en el primer mitin del ultra Éric Zemmour enturbia la campaña electoral francesa”, in El País‎^[1], archived from the original on 10 December 2021:

     Pero también dijo que no se siente “para nada responsable”, porque los activistas antirracistas “no pintaban nada ahí” y les acusó de ser unos “perros rastreadores de subvenciones” que solo buscan “provocar”.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

7. (reflexive) to make up one's face
8. (reflexive) to put lipstick on oneself
9. (reflexive) to color one's hair
10. (reflexive, Argentina) to want

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pintar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pintar
gerund			pintando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pintado		pintada
		plural		pintados		pintadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pinto	pintastú pintásvos	pinta	pintamos	pintáis	pintan
	imperfect	pintaba	pintabas	pintaba	pintábamos	pintabais	pintaban
	preterite	pinté	pintaste	pintó	pintamos	pintasteis	pintaron
	future	pintaré	pintarás	pintará	pintaremos	pintaréis	pintarán
	conditional	pintaría	pintarías	pintaría	pintaríamos	pintaríais	pintarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pinte	pintestú pintésvos2	pinte	pintemos	pintéis	pinten
	imperfect (ra)	pintara	pintaras	pintara	pintáramos	pintarais	pintaran
	imperfect (se)	pintase	pintases	pintase	pintásemos	pintaseis	pintasen
	future1	pintare	pintares	pintare	pintáremos	pintareis	pintaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pintatú pintávos	pinte	pintemos	pintad	pinten
	negative		no pintes	no pinte	no pintemos	no pintéis	no pinten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of pintar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive pintar	dative	pintarme	pintarte	pintarle, pintarse	pintarnos	pintaros	pintarles, pintarse
	accusative	pintarme	pintarte	pintarlo, pintarla, pintarse	pintarnos	pintaros	pintarlos, pintarlas, pintarse
with gerund pintando	dative	pintándome	pintándote	pintándole, pintándose	pintándonos	pintándoos	pintándoles, pintándose
	accusative	pintándome	pintándote	pintándolo, pintándola, pintándose	pintándonos	pintándoos	pintándolos, pintándolas, pintándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pinta	dative	píntame	píntate	píntale	píntanos	not used	píntales
	accusative	píntame	píntate	píntalo, píntala	píntanos	not used	píntalos, píntalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pintá	dative	pintame	pintate	pintale	pintanos	not used	pintales
	accusative	pintame	pintate	pintalo, pintala	pintanos	not used	pintalos, pintalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pinte	dative	pínteme	not used	píntele, píntese	píntenos	not used	pínteles
	accusative	pínteme	not used	píntelo, píntela, píntese	píntenos	not used	píntelos, píntelas
with first-person plural imperative pintemos	dative	not used	pintémoste	pintémosle	pintémonos	pintémoos	pintémosles
	accusative	not used	pintémoste	pintémoslo, pintémosla	pintémonos	pintémoos	pintémoslos, pintémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pintad	dative	pintadme	not used	pintadle	pintadnos	pintaos	pintadles
	accusative	pintadme	not used	pintadlo, pintadla	pintadnos	pintaos	pintadlos, pintadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pinten	dative	píntenme	not used	píntenle	píntennos	not used	píntenles, píntense
	accusative	píntenme	not used	píntenlo, píntenla	píntennos	not used	píntenlos, píntenlas, píntense

Derived terms

• azulillo pintado
• batará pintado
• conejo pintado
• el más pintado
• jochi pintado
• la ocasión, la pintan calva
• papel pintado
• pintacaras
• pintacaritas
• pintalabios
• pintar la mona
• pintauñas

Related terms

• pintarse
• pinto
• pintor
• pintoresco
• pintura

Further reading

• “pintar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024